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WELLNET CORPORATION (2428) Company Information Stock Bridge Report(2428) September 9, 2019 https://www.bridge-salon.jp/ WELLNET CORPORATION (2428) Kazuhiro Miyazawa, President Company Information Market TSE 1st Industry Service President Kazuhiro Miyazawa HQ Address 1-1-7 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Year-end June HOMEPAGE http://www.well-net.jp/ Stock Information Share Price Shares Outstanding Total market cap ROE Act. Trading Unit ¥707 18,756,952 shares ¥13,261 million 4.7% 100 shares DPS Est. Dividend yield Est. EPS Est. PER Est. BPS Act. PBR Act. - - - - ¥392.04 1.8 x *The share price is the closing price on September 6 2019. Number of shares outstanding at the end of the most recent quarter excludes treasury shares. *ROE and BPS are from financial results of FY 6/19. *The earnings forecast for the fiscal year June 2020 have not been announced yet due to a lot of uncertainties. Earnings Trend Fiscal Year Sales Operating Income Ordinary Income Net Income EPS DPS June 2016 Act. 10,529 2,054 2,007 1,350 71.91 40.00 June 2017 Act. 10,260 1,099 1,239 869 46.36 50.00 June 2018 Act. 9,783 677 708 495 26.31 50.00 June 2019 Act. 10,032 503 530 374 20.02 50.00 June 2020 Est. - - - - - - *units: million yen and yen. The estimates were from the company. *A 2 for 1 stock split was implemented on July 1 2016. *EPS, DPS were fixed retrospectively. *The earnings and dividend forecast for the fiscal year June 2020 have not been announced yet due to a lot of uncertainties. This report introduces WELLNET CORPORATION’s earnings results for the fiscal year June 2019 and interview with President Miyazawa etc. 1 Bridge Report(2428) September 9, 2019 https://www.bridge-salon.jp/ Table of Contents Key Points 1. Company Overview 2. Fiscal Year ended June 2019 Earnings Results and Fiscal Year ending June 2020 Earnings Forecasts 3. Interview with President Miyazawa 4. Conclusions <Reference 1: Outline of the new 5-year mid-term managerial plan> <Reference 2: Regarding Corporate Governance> Key Points ⚫ The sales for the fiscal year June 2019 were 10,032 million yen, up 2.5% year on year. The market of non-face-to-face payment settlement is still expanding. The sales of the billing service using paper declined, while the sales of E-Billing grew, indicating the diffusion of cashless payment. Gross profit decreased, due to the rise in commissions for payment processing, the augmentation of depreciations for “Bus Mori!” and “Shiharai-Hisho,” and the subsidence of the sale of PIN and POSA. SGA decreased, but could not be offset. As a result, operating profit dropped 25.8% year on year to 503 million yen. ⚫ As the company continues development for adding new functions to “Bus Mori!” and “Shiharai-Hisho” and automating their operation and conducts active promotion for increasing their popularity and the number of downloads of their apps, there are many unconfirmed elements that affect the business results, so the earnings forecast for the fiscal year June 2020 has not been announced as of the beginning of the term. The company plans to announce the forecast, as soon as it becomes possible to forecast the results reasonably. The minimum dividend amount has been 50 yen/share until the fiscal year June 2019, and the dividend for the fiscal year June 2020 is still to be determined. The company plans to keep payout ratio over 50% this term, too. ⚫ We interviewed President Miyazawa about the overview of the financial results for the fiscal year June 2019, their future activities, his message toward shareholders and investors, and so on. He said, “The significant investment in Shiharai- Hisho has been finished. The number of active users and the number of bus routes where Bus Mori! is available have increased steadily,” and “All of us will join hands and make efforts so that all stakeholders will say ‘Wellnet is a good company or a grown-up company.’ I would appreciate your support from the mid/long-term viewpoint.” ⚫ The quarterly variations in sales and operating profit indicate that sales increased year on year for the 5th consecutive term. While the market of non-face-to-face payment settlement is expanding continuously, the effects of the integration of convenience store chains, the revision to prices for large-scale clients, the shrinkage of OEM, etc. have apparently subsided. We would like to see how rapidly the company will recover its performance. Especially, we would like to pay attention to when Shiharai-Hisho will start contributing to revenue. 1. Company Overview WELLNET provides electronic payment settlement system for sales business operators selling various products and services. With the key concepts of “real time” and “one stop,” WELLNET offers a “convenient direct sales platform” to provide (1) its customers (i.e. the purchaser of service and goods) with the convenience of purchasing whatever they want at any time and from any place, and (2) its sales business operators (i.e. WELLNET's direct customers) with the capability of “maximizing sales opportunities” in selling products and services over the Internet. The multiple payment service, which is WELLNET’s core business, has been implemented by a wide range of clientele including major Japanese airlines and express bus companies, in addition to major mail-order businesses. Ever since its inception, WELLNET has endeavored to maintain the spirit of taking on new challenges which is engrained in its corporate DNA. 2 Bridge Report(2428) September 9, 2019 https://www.bridge-salon.jp/ Corporate History WELLNET CORPORATION got its start as a subsidiary of a gas and fuel merchant called Ichitaka Takahashi Co., Ltd. in Hokkaido for the purpose of developing new businesses. At the time of its inception, utility bill payment services at convenience stores had already begun. However, the Company began preparations for the expansion of payment settlement services to include mail order catalog sales. WELLNET developed an integrated seamless “convenience store consigned bill payment settlement service” that included the functions of printing and mailing of invoices, and bill payment information processing which could be used 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This system quickly spread amongst product and service merchants because it was distributed free of charge and enabled them to dispense with making large outlays to develop their own payment settlement systems. Furthermore, WELLNET developed a system that allows customers to avoid having to print out paper copies of invoices and allows for customers to make real time connections for electronic invoices and payments, which is the system currently used widely. The system’s ability to eliminate development costs and to allow customers make electronic payment settlement connections with convenience stores and other payment outlets without the need to sign agreements has contributed to its strong reception and numerous implementations by airlines and bus companies, in addition to boosting WELLNET’s earnings. In 2004, the Company listed its shares on the JASDAQ market. Thereafter, WELLNET has expanded the provision of its “multiple payment service”, offering its services to large companies such as amazon, Yahoo! Shopping, Yahoo! Auction, low cost carrier (LCC) airlines, West Japan Railway Company and JR Kyushu Railway Company. In addition, the Company has also focused its attention upon developing solutions leveraging the know-how of electronic ticket service market including the cellphone ticketing service, which has many good track records. It was listed in the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange in December 2014. The company recently concentrates on earning profits from two of their product services called “Bus Mori!”, an innovative solution that uses IT for bus operation which can significantly enhance the convenience for both bus operators and users, and “Shiharai-Hisho,” a server-based electronic money service. Market Environment According to the Ministry of Economy’s “Development of infrastructure for a data-driven society in Japan in fiscal 2018 (E-Commerce Market Survey)” issued on May 16 2019, the Japanese electronic commerce market (B to C) for individual consumers rose by 9.0% compared to last year to ¥18 trillion in 2018. Compound average growth rate (CAGR) from 2010 to 2018 is 11.0%. (Source: The chart is made by Investment Bridge based on the data above from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) The rate of EC adoption (share of e-commerce transactions amongst all the transactions) is still only 6.22% for the sale of goods, but it is growing steadily. 3 Bridge Report(2428) September 9, 2019 https://www.bridge-salon.jp/ <B to C EC Market Scale by Industry (2018)> Industry EC MARKET YY Change EC ADOPTION (¥100mn) (%) RATE (%) Sale of goods Clothing/Accessories 17,728 +7.7% 12.96% “Home appliances 16,467 +7.4% 32.28% Food/ Beverages/ Alcohol 16,919 +8.6% 2.64% Services Travel services 37,186 +10.3% Financial services 6,025 -0.8% Ticket sales 4,887 +6.3% Digital Online games 14,494 +3.0% E-publishing (digital books/magazines) 2,783 +7.6% Paid music streaming 645 +12.5% (Source: The chart is made by Investment Bridge based on the data above from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) Business Description With the key concepts of “real time” and “one stop,” WELLNET offers a “convenient and direct sales platform” to provide not only its customers (i.e. the purchaser of service and goods) with the convenience of being able to purchase whatever they want at any time and any place, but also its sales business operators (i.e. WELLNET's direct customers) with the their capability of “maximizing sales opportunities” in selling products and services over the Internet.
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